Meiji University Museum’s Criminal Materials Department
Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

Museum department exhibiting torture devices and artifacts related to penal systems of feudal and pre-modern Japan. Unique collection includes a replica French guillotine and a 19th-century Iron Maiden of Nuremberg.

Why Go

⚖️ Learn about Japan's criminal laws and human rights history
⛓️ See torture devices and execution tools
🌍 View rare international criminal artifacts
🆓 Free admission to all collections

Tips

🚶 Located within a few minutes' walk from Ochanomizu station.
📍 Also explore the Archaeology and Commodity departments.

Cost

💰 Free admission.

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